


裋褐不完 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be dressed in ragged and incomplete coarse clothing”. Describing a state of extreme poverty or destitution. Literally, “ragged and incomplete coarse clothes”.

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Open the tool →裋褐不完 (shù hè bù wán) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be dressed in ragged and incomplete coarse clothing”.
裋褐不完 is pronounced shù hè bù wán in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 裋褐不完 means “ragged and incomplete coarse clothes”. It is used to mean “to be dressed in ragged and incomplete coarse clothing”.
裋褐:古代仆役所穿的短衣。粗布短衣还破旧不完整。形容生活贫苦